* Marcela Sanchez looks at the lack of consensus in filling Latin America’s seat on the U.N. Security Council as a metaphor for the difficulties of political and economic integration across the region.
* Sujatha Fernandes describes how Cuba’s artists, intellectuals, and activists have played a major role in creating change on the island.
* Carlos Alberto Montaner bemoans the lack of political ethics in the Americas and how voters have not held corrupt leaders accountable.
* An editorial in the Toronto Star calls for changes in Canada’s immigration system in order to avoid the “brain drain” of skilled workers from Latin American states.
* Lastly, Andrés Oppenheimer praises Panamanians voting in favor of expanding the Panama Canal by noting that “America's Hispanic-allergic isolationists are often more influenced by their prejudices than by reality”.
Links- Washington Post, ZNet, Miami Herald, Toronto Star, Arizona Daily Star
Image- Voice of America (Newspaper stand in Mexico City)
Tags- Cuba, Latin America, Panama
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